China’s online game revenues are expected to hit 73.1 billion yuan ($14.8 billion) in three years, driven by growing Internet penetration in the world’s most populous country, a research firm said in a report released yesterday. China’s Internet penetration is around 27 per cent according to the latest government data, compared to over 70 per [...]
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Based on internal figures, EA says FIFA 10 has sold 4.5 million units worldwide since it’s launch in early October. This is in addition to FIFA 10 being the fastest-selling game ever, mind you. Besides that, the company also announced that the first downloadable content pack, FIFA 10 Ultimate Team, will be available in February [...]
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A researcher of the University of Granada has designed a new system for the mobility of military troops within a battlefield based on the mechanisms used by ant colonies to move using a commercial videogame. This work, developed at the department of Computer Architecture and Technology of the UGR, has designed several algorithms that permit [...]
A new video game developed by an online gaming site along with scientists from University of Michigan has been found to improve intelligence. Developed by Luminosity.com, the Dual N-Back training program improves intelligence and memory capacity by challenging users to simultaneously remember items that they see and hear. The researchers said that training on the [...]
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Security experts are warning Mac users over a Space Invaders-style game that deletes files from the computer while they play. Dubbed OSX.Loosemaque, the program only works on its host website, but has the capacity to cause serious damage if it gets into the wrong hands. “The game looks to be a throw-back to the classic [...]
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Microsoft says worms are making an unwanted comeback in its latest annual Security Intelligence Report. Worm attacks increased by more than 100% in the second half of 2008, and are now the second biggest threat category behind Trojans. The worm resurgence was largely down to the infamous Conficker, which wreaked havoc across the world earlier [...]
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Playing video games for long hours is often termed as an addiction, but a city youth has used it to his advantage to make a world record by playing a game non-stop for more than 40 hours on his playstation. Chirantan Patnaik has successfully broken the current world record made by a US citizen last [...]
Video gaming will hit the big screen next month when Sony Corp unveils a new game title for its Playstation3 game console at movie theaters. On October 5 and 6, four theaters in San Francisco and Thousand Oaks, California, Rosemont, Illinois and Bellevue, Washington, will give viewers a chance to play the upcoming action game [...]
The Beatles are back — but this time the world’s most famous rock band may be stirring more excitement in executive suites than in campuses and schoolyards. When “The Beatles: Rock Band” video game hits store shelves on Wednesday — packed with 45 songs for players to sing, strum and drum along with — the [...]
by Chris Hale If you’re looking at the career of an online game tester for either full time or part time purposes you must watch out for unsavory business practices and scams. The internet is a wonderful place full of information but more importantly, opportunities. It’s these opportunities that many people can use to become [...]
